So in your worldview--man created the universe and all that exist in it--ie, man in your thought universe---is the so called "organizing principle" ??. What came first the laws of nature or lopsided manly knowledge?
On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 1:48 PM, chazwin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On May 8, 5:54 am, awori achoka <[email protected]> wrote: > > I hear you well. No I am not saying that---we are arguing on different > > planes of thought and it is difficult in a few sentences to explain the > > differences in the paths of thought. > > > > What I am saying (and others here have tried to)--is that we must > seperate > > the acquisition of knowledge by man, for our self understanding > > from---pre-existent natural phenomena in the universe whose existence is > not > > conditional to our ability to discover them. > > > BUt to do that we must, with all humility, realise that all such > phenomena are constructed. > To say that they pre-exist, or that they exist without regard to man > is false. > With this knowledge we are more able to easily modify or even change > our most dogmatic paradigms. > It is the tendancy in history, to enforce and impose such paradigms as > pure truth, that has, more than > religion or other factors, contributed to inertia and supression of > new ideas. > The four humours, four elements were taken as simple pre-existing > truths that existed regardless of man's > ability to perceive them. This was false, but took thousands of years > to overcome. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 2:44 PM, chazwin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On May 6, 5:54 pm, awori achoka <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yes, fully agreed---the so called gravity is an abstract > > > > construct---fashioned by man to explain a *dimension* of nature's > > > laws--that > > > > already exists.Science is the tool we have used to charactarise and > > > explain > > > > it---science did not invent it. > > > > > This is a contradiction: what you are saying is that gravity is a > > > concept, science is a collection of concepts > > > and science is invented. then you are saying science is not invented. > > > If gravity is one of the concepts generated by science then gravity is > > > invented. > > > The history of science teaches humility. A humility which you are > > > missing. > > > Would you say that the geocentric universe was NOT invented, or that > > > Pholgistan was NOT invented. > > > Are you trying to imply that invention has to be false? > > > > > > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:19 PM, einseele <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On 5 maio, 17:53, awori achoka <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > No, science did not invent gravity--science stumbled upon the > > > phenomenon > > > > > in > > > > > > the laws of nature that we refer to as gravity. > > > > > > > Yes science is just a model, what you refer to gravity is an > abstract > > > > > model, the peheonmenon you "believe" you are referring to is not > > > > > gravity. > > > > > > > > The phenomenon was already there--but our senses did not have the > > > > > deductive > > > > > > capacity to concisely identify and define it. > > > > > > > Gravity has nothing to do with our senses, it is an abstract model > > > > > > > > Science is a tool sentient man INVENTED to help him unravel and > > > > > understand > > > > > > the mysteries of nature. Science is not an end--it is a means to > > > explore > > > > > and > > > > > > discover the myths and character of what is provided by > > > nature---which is > > > > > > laready there!. > > > > > > > This is partially true, but nature is also a word part of the > trick. > > > > > Nobody of the old mates here can say I'm a scientist, I'm certainly > > > > > not, but also I am not the contrary position (which is...?) 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